Volume 8, Number 1 · January 26, 1967
Hispanophilia
By Gerald Brenan
A Handbook for Spain, 1845
by Richard Ford
Southern Illinois University, 3 vols. pp., $50.00
Of the many excellent books written on Spain since the eighteenth century Richard Ford's Handbook is by general consent far the best. One might even say that, with the exception of Doughty's Arabia Deserta, it is also the best account of a foreign country in English. Yet till now its tiresome format, with the small print and double columns of the Victorian guide book, has been an obstacle to our enjoyment of it, besides which the first and fullest edition, that of 1845, has become very scarce. The Southern Illinois University Press is therefore to be congratulated on bringing out this handsome library edition in three volumes. Not only hispanophils, but anyone even vaguely interested in Spain will get pleasure and amusement from dipping into it.
Review, 1732 words
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